He was gifted with an innate musicality and fluid tenor voice which he colored and phrased with great expressivity. Moré was a master of all the genres of Cuban music, including son montuno, mambo, guaracha, guajira, cha cha cha, afro, canción, guaguancó, and bolero.
The eldest of eighteen children, Moré was born in Santa Isabel de las Lajas in the former province of Las Villas, in central Cuba. In 1936, at age seventeen, he left Las Lajas for Havana. His first breakthrough was winning a radio competition. He then joined Trío Matamoros (later known as Conjunto Matamoros), with which he remained several years, making a number of recordings.
In 1945 Moré went with Conjunto Matamoros to Mexico, where he performed in two of the most famous cabarets of the age, the Montparnasse and the Río Rosa. He made several recordings. Conjunto Matamoros returned to Havana, while Moré remained in Mexico, where he made several recordings for RCA Victor, together with the orchestra of Mariano Mercerón: "Me voy pal pueblo" y "Desdichado". He also recorded with Pérez Prado: "Bonito y sabroso", "Mucho corazón", "Pachito el ché", and "Ensalada de mambo". He also recorded "Dolor carabalí", which Moré considered his best composition recorded with Pérez Prado, and one he never wanted to re-record.
At the end of 1950, Moré returned to Cuba. He was a star in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Brazil and Puerto Rico, but virtually unknown on the island. His first Cuban recording was "Bonito y Sabroso". Moré eventually decided to start his own orchestra, which he called Banda Gigante. In the years 1954 and 1955, Moré's group became immensely popular. In 1956 and 1957, it toured Venezuela, Jamaica, Haiti, Colombia, Panama, Mexico and the United States, where the group played at the Oscar ceremonies.
He died in 1963 at age 43 of cirrhosis. An estimated 100,000 fans attended his funeral.
Bonito y Sabroso
Beny Moré Lyrics
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Bailan el mambo las mexicanas
Mueven la cintura y los hombros
Igualito que las cubanas
Pero qué bonito y sabroso
Bailan el mambo las mexicanas
Mueven la cintura y los hombros
Con un sentido del ritmo
Para bailar y gozar
Que hasta parece que estoy en la Habana
Cuando bailando veo una mexicana
No hay que olvidar que México y la Habana
Son dos ciudades que son como hermanas
Para reír y cantar
Pero qué bonito y sabroso
Bailan el mambo las mejicanas
Mueven la cintura y los hombros
Igualito que las cubanas
Inspiración: muchacho, mira, como yo gozo en la
Habana
Mueve la cintura y los hombros
Y tú veras nene como yo bailo
Mueve la cintura y los hombros
Muchacho mira como yo vengo de la Habana
Mueve la cintura y los hombros
Muchacho mira como yo gozo la Habana
Mueve la cintura y los hombros
Y tú veras nene como se goza en la Habana
Pero qué bonito y sabroso
Bailan el mambo los mexicanos
Mueven la cintura y los hombros
Igualito que los cubanos
The lyrics of Beny Moré's "Bonito y Sabroso" celebrate the joy and beauty of Latin dance, specifically through the lens of the mambo, a style that was sweeping through the Caribbean and Latin America in the 1950s when the song was released. The opening lines set the stage by describing the "beautiful and tasty" way that Mexican women dance the mambo, moving their waists and shoulders in a way that is reminiscent of their Cuban counterparts. The song then goes on to describe the way that these women dance with a sense of rhythm and joy that makes it feel like the listener is transported to Havana.
The lyrics also touch on the relationship between Mexico and Cuba, noting that the two countries are like sisters and that laughter and music are common bonds between the two. The call and response between the singer and a male voice creates a playful atmosphere, as they urge each other to move and dance along with the music.
Overall, "Bonito y Sabroso" is a celebration of the power of dance to bring people together, to connect us across cultural and geographic divides, and to express joy and freedom through music.
Line by Line Meaning
Pero qué bonito y sabroso
But how beautiful and tasty
Bailan el mambo las mexicanas
The Mexicans dance the mambo
Mueven la cintura y los hombros
They move their waist and shoulders
Igualito que las cubanas
Just like the Cubans
Con un sentido del ritmo
With a sense of rhythm
Para bailar y gozar
To dance and enjoy
Que hasta parece que estoy en la Habana
That it seems like I am in Havana
Cuando bailando veo una mexicana
When I see a Mexican dancing
No hay que olvidar que México y la Habana
We should not forget that Mexico and Havana
Son dos ciudades que son como hermanas
Are two cities that are like sisters
Para reír y cantar
To laugh and sing
Inspiración: muchacho, mira, como yo gozo en la
Inspiration: Boy, look how I enjoy in
Habana
Havana
Mueve la cintura y los hombros
Move your waist and shoulders
Y tú veras nene como yo bailo
And you will see, baby, how I dance
Muchacho mira como yo vengo de la Habana
Boy, look how I come from Havana
Muchacho mira como yo gozo la Habana
Boy, look how I enjoy Havana
Y tú veras nene como se goza en la Habana
And you will see, baby, how one enjoys in Havana
Bailan el mambo los mexicanos
The Mexicans dance the mambo
Mueven la cintura y los hombros
They move their waist and shoulders
Igualito que los cubanos
Just like the Cubans
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: MAXIMILIANO MORE BARTOLOME
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@noelruiz5737
Soy Cubano y he visitado a Mexico 4 veces. Y cada ves me enamoro mas. Mujeres bellas. Gente divertida. Los amo. Viva Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽 y viva mi Cuba!!! 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺 Países hermanos
@FridaM100
Mexico es una delicia. El primerisimo pais de America.
@aldoquirozramirez4877
O hermano vengo de un video que subió un YouTuber donde canta esto estaban Pregúntando a los cubanos que era lo primero que se les venía a la mente cuando escuchaban la palabra méxico 🇲🇽 y un señor canto esta canción la verdad es que yo conocí a una cubana 🇨🇺 y pues que hermosas son las mujeres de aya ❤ soy mexicano amo mi país y cuba 🇨🇺 quisiera tener la oportunidad de irme de viaje hacia aya 😅
@rodrigoaguila5490
@@FridaM100en música definitivamente no😂, Cuba y Brasil son las potencias musicales.
@juans6639
QEPD Soy Mexicano pero me encanta la musica de este GRAN Compositor Benny Moré. Claro que tambien me encanta todo el talento Cubano. Viva Cuba.
@voltape
Yo soy peruano. Viva el Peru. Viva México. Viva Cuba (libre). Vivan todos los hombres de buena voluntad
@brauliov1051
Bendito seads hermano peruano abrazos desde ciudad de mexico
@EnriqueRodriguez-kx1yo
Amén!!
@consuily2332
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@carlosarsenio1131
Cuba siempre a estado libre